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Common Snipe

(Gallinago gallinago)

Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) – Least Concern

Population size: 2 – 10 pairs

Distribution pattern

Isolated single localities, mainly in the Thracian Plain, the Sofia Field, along the Danube River, around Burgas, in the area of the former Straldzha Marsh, etc.

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Breeding distribution 2013 – 2020 – The distribution and the estimation of the population size of the species for the period 2013 – 2020 is presented –

Comparative distribution of the species compared to the first breeding birds atlas (Iankov, 2007): Breeding locality until 2007 | Breeding locality until 2007, confirmed after 2015 – | New breeding locality after 2015. – The breeding localities after 2015 are identified on a base of raw data from smartbirds.org.

Habitats

Breeds in very marshy meadows, close in nature to blanket bogs and fens, transition mires and springs, in some cases close to bogs and marshes with water fringe vegetation.

Trends in population changes for the period 2013-2020

Not analysed

Threats

Not analysed